Land Registers Interconnection Gabriel Sima European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers
Contents Context LRI Project status System implementation National establishments for land registration Electronic availability of land registry data Standardized access to data through LRI Authentication and authorisation of professional users 2
Context The Land Registers Interconnection (LRI) project aims to provide a single access point within the European e-justice Portal to the land registers of participating EU countries. This will address the current issues of discrepancy, complexity and multitude of land registration systems amongst Member States. Through this access point citizens and professionals will be able to query and retrieve relevant information via a single, adaptive, multi-lingual interface, in compliance with the national legal and technical capabilities. 3
LRI project status Phase I is available for integration testing with Member States since December 2017, at contractor's Demo site: https://dg-justice-portal-demo.eurodyn.com/ejusticeportal -> Registers Land Registers Interconnection (LRI) Next developments: authentication and autorisation, payment solution for documents subject to a fee Austria and Estonia have started interconnection work based on a European Commission grant Justice Action Grants launched on 05/06/2018, deadline for applications 16/10/2018 4
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National establishments for land registration 436 offices for land data registration in the EU, 355 of them located in one Member State, in some cases with no consolidation at the level of a central register. Different organization models across Member States: central or regional registers, cadastres, address registers, e.a. Different national authorities responsible for the registers: the Ministry of Justice, the State Department responsible for land registration, the Geodesy and Cartography agency, local courts or the Ministry of Environment. 6
Electronic availability of land registry data All Member States have at least one fully digital registry In a few Member States the territorial coverage is not yet complete, but consolidation work is ongoing The complete land register history is not always covered electronically Electronic access is possible today, at least off-line for the internal needs of national administrations 23 out of 28 Member States provide on-line access at least to a subset of data Paper documents can be scanned and sent asynchronously 7
Standardized access to data through LRI Search interface in all EU languages Translation of labels and legal concepts o IMOLA II project by the European Land Registers Association (ELRA) o o European Land Register Document (ELRD) ISA² Core Vocabularies (Location, Person, Business) Clarify the legal value of the information o deeds or titles o o disclaimers static information pages Single payment in the user's currency 8
Authentication and authorisation of professional users Most Land Registers allow access only for professional users, e.g. notaries, lawyers, bailiffs, public servants Several registers allow all citizens to access at least a reduced set of data or search capabilities, while professional users have extended access Professional categories involved in land registration are different between Member States Personal account or professional category - circle of trust Professional Authentication Systems not available in all MS All except two MS allow cross-border user access 9
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Contact details JUST-LRI@ec.europa.eu